Orwell (Video Game)
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Orwell:Keeping an Eye on you is an episodic video game developed by German indie developer Osmotic Studios[1] which released its first episode on October 20, 2016. In Orwell, the player assumes the role of an operator of the Orwell surveillance system where together with a handler you solve who organized the recent terrorist bombing of the Freedom Plaza. The Orwell surveillance system is able to create and store profiles for persons of interest and builds these profiles by collecting information about them online. The Orwell system is also able to tap into online messaging and phone calls and collect information on the targets that way. It may also access computers and phones and collect information gathered from the files on these devices. As the operator of the Orwell system is it your job to look at all these pieces of information and figure out which pieces of information you want to upload to the system for your handler to look at. Your handler is unable to access any of the information you see and is only able to see the things which you upload to the system which drives the choices the player has to make of whether the information is relevant to the case or is needless snooping.
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Ethical Issues
This game evokes many problems with surveillance and how it can be used to spy on innocent people. The ending chapter asks you to name the person who is currently acting as the head of the organization responsible for the planning the series of bombings at populated centers in the city. The game misdirects you to make it seem like the hot-blooded revolutionary character is the current leader of Thought when in fact it's actually another character who was portrayed as the reasonable one who was the pulling the strings.
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